Eyelet.



mzw W w No. 769,388. PAT ENTED SEPT. 6, 1904. E. KEMPSHALL.

- EYELET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

l WTNES'SES'- UNITED STATES Patefited September 6, 1 904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ELEAZER KEMPSHALL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. ASSIGNOR TO UNITED FAST COLOR EYELET COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE,

A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

EY'ELET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 769,388, dated September 6, 1904. Application filed May 18, 1904. Serial No. 208,591- I (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELEAZER KEMrsHALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suflolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Eyelets, of which 'the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specificatiom' like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to eyelets, and has for its object to provide an improved eyelet which will be more economical in manufacture, wear longer without showing wear, and be of much more ornamental appearance than eyelets heretofore made.

To this end I form my improved eyelet with a head which comprises a flange provided with a covering of wear-resisting material in which are formed alternate depressions and raised portions. When the head of the eyelet is provided with alternate depressions and raised portions, the amount of material required for forming the head is very much less than that required in the eyelet having a smooth head of the same thickness as the raised portions on the head of my'improved eyelet,'so that the cost of manufacture of the eyelet is greatly reduced.

Another desirable feature of my improved eyelet is that only the raised portions on the head are subjected to wear, so that the depressions will retain their luster and bright appearance after the eyelet has been used, and still another desirable feature of eyelet is that the head is flexible and will yield in case it is subjected to any undue strain during the operation of setting it in the stock,

thereby preventing any cracking of the wearresisting material of which the head is formed.

. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of an eyelet which represents the preferred form of my invention. Fig. 2is an elevation thereof, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a planview of-an eyelet representing a modified form of my invention. Fig. 4. is an elevation thereof, partly in section; and Fig. 5 is a plan View of an eyelet which represents still another form of my invention.

In Figs. 1 and 2. of the drawings, which represent the preferred form of my invention, 2 designates the tubular barrel or body, which at its upper end has a flange 4, that is embedded in a covering 6, of plastic material, to form the head of the eyelet. The head is provided with alternate depressions 8 and raised portions 10. which extend radially across the full width of the head, said raised portions being thick at the center and gradually tapering to the edges of the head, as shown in Fig. 2.

contained in an eyelet-head having a smooth surface of the, same thickness as the raised portions on a corrugated eyelet-head, and as celluloid is the plastic material that is generally used the cost of manufacture of the eyelet is grcatly reduced by the saving in the quantity of celluloid required, such material being quiteexpensive. The corrugations formed in the head of the eyelet also make the head more flexible and permit it to yield during the setting operation in case a small piece of leather or other substance should become lodged'b etween the outer surface of the head and the inner surface of the cupshaped'die which receives the head. This feature of my invention is a great improvement upon the eyelets heretofore" in use, in which the heads were rigid, so that they could not yield in case they were subjected to undue pressure, thereby cracking the covering material and damaging the eyelet. These corrugations also ornament the eyelet and im-,

prove its appearance after it has been used, as

only the raised portions are subjected to wear,

whereas in an eyelet having a smooth head the Whole surface of the head is subjected to wear.

Having described. my invention, What I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. An eyelet having a head comprising a flange provide with a covering of wear-resisting material and having alternate depressions and raised portions formed on said head.

2. An eyelet having a head comprising a flange provided with a covering of Wear-resisting material, said covering having corrugations extending transversely thereof.

3. An eyelet having a head comprising a flange provided with a covering of wear-re sisting material in which are formed a plurality of radially-extending raised portions.

4. An eyelet comprising a metallic body having an outwardly-extending flange and a covering of plastic material surrounding and inclosing said flange, said covering being formed with alternate depressions and raised portions.

5. As an article of manufacture, an eyelet comprising a body or barrel portion which, at its upper end, is provided with a flange, and a covering of plastic material in which said flange is embedded to form the head, said covering having molded therein alternate depressions and raised portions which extend radially across the full'width' of the head of the eyelet.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the scribing witnesses.

ELEAZER KEMPSHALL;

Witnesses:

EDITH C. HoLBRooK, ARTHUR L. RUSSELL.

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